Here are some facts concerning China's all-out relief effort in the quake-hit region.
Chinese across the country, still haunted by the deadly 8.0-magnitude earthquake in Sichuan in 2008, are doing what they can to help the quake-hit northwestern province of Qinghai.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Thursday called for unremitting efforts to save people's lives in a visit to the quake-hit area in northwest China's Qinghai Province.
Babies have been born in temporary tents in the chilly weather after the fatal quake that has left 760 dead in northwest China's Qinghai Province.
Many survivors are still trembling in the chilly temperatures and rescuers will have another sleepless night as the second night after the fatal quake approaches in the small town in northwest China's Qinghai Province.
About 200,000 books on quake relief and response knowledge with Tibetan-language translation had been sent for print with urgency, and will be delivered via the special transportation route to the quake-hit areas on Friday.
Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu Thursday specified timetable for rescue work in Yushu of northwestern Qinghai Province which was hit by a 7.1-magnitude earthquake.
President Hu Jintao has decided to cut short his planned tour of key South American nations and head home early after the BRIC summit in Brazil, in the wake of a 7.1-magnitude quake in Qinghai. From the Frontline: Babies born in tents, Survivors fight chilly weather Ministries' quake rescue efforts continue Full coverage Latest (updated continuously)
Five new mobile earthquake monitoring stations have been set up in quake-hit Yushu county of Qinghai Province to improve ability for monitoring aftershocks, the China Earthquake Administration said Thursday.
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has sent his condolence on the earthquake in China's Qinghai province, Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived in Yushu prefecture of northwest China's Qinghai Province Thursday afternoon after a three-hour flight.
Twenty seven students were rescued from the rubble of their collapsed school by teachers using their bare hands.